Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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gt ~CCOAJMBIA. Saturday Morning, Jan. 27, 1866. Thc lVew?p?pcr. In a sermon preached on Thanks? giving day by the rector of Trinity (Episcopal) Church of Baltimore, thc reverend gentleman said: I shall reserve tho remainder of my remarks to a subject which is rarely alluded to in the pulpit, but which is exercising a most important influence upon every State, city, village, county, and family of our Union. I refer to the press-the newspaper-which, from the smallest beginning, a luxury to the favored few, has become indispensable to millions, and whose power in forming public sentiment is unmeasurable. To illustrate remotely the influ? ence of this power, suppose a person of intelligence coming to your family every morning. He informs you of all tnfft has occurred in your city, in your country, in Europe, or distant Asia. He gathers the details of each interesting event; he attends each important meeting, and tells you what was said and done. In rain and tempest, in summer and winter, does this person pay you his daily visits; and not only brings you information, but gives you his opinion on each question that, arises. In time he be? comes one of you; he is identified with your family; and the character of yourself and those around have been moulded by this constant con? tact. But the newspaper does more. It brings you an hundred different articles, besides advertisements. It can be read at leisure. Its informa? tion reaches children, and is read by servants. It forms the subject of conversation, and plies its ceaseless visits to your home, instinctive, en? tertaining and interesting to alT Have I over-estimated the -force of this mighty engine? The French encyclopaedists helped to produce the French revolution by means of ponderous books reaching tho learned few. What increased influence must the modern press exert, sctfttering its myriad thoughts daily among the millions! How noble the ministry ol the editor! How vast his capacity for good or evil! He may enter thc family daily and diffuse cheerfulness by his diversified thoughts. He maj dry the tear of sorrow, animate the weary pilgrim to renewed exertions, arrest the young man in his down ward career, and shield the humbh and defenseless against the invasior of power. We have prayed for thi President of the United States, and foi all in authority-for our Senate ant Representatives in Congress assent * bled. And shall wo forget those wh< make our Presidents and determine our representatives? The reverend gentleman has wei defined and happily illustrated tin influence of the newspaper in tin family circle. It is trdlyHhe. grea educator of the people, penetrating into every position in life, and power fully instrumental in moulding no only political opinions, but tin morals, habits, and pursuits of socio ty. How important, then, that i should be properly conducted am not prostituted by pandering to th baser passions of human nature. Tn discussing tho importance am advantages of a free press, it become those of us who are connected wit] its management to examine into it duties, privileges and responsibili ties-to ascertain its true mission that we may guide and control it fo the best interests of our country, an of society at large-that we may wiol its mighty influence in behalf of vii tue and truth, the public honor an weal, and the maintenance of th Constitution of the country. It shoul inculcate a cheerful obedience tj> th laws, and discountenance and d< noun ce vice in all ranks and statior in life. Its conductors should jcs lously watch over its columns, lest tl slightest taint of immorality or in purity should find its way there. Tl: newspaper has become a necessity 1 every family, and, no matter how a tractive the garb in which wron teachings may be clothed, they shoul be rigidly excluded from its pago Flash novellettes, highly-colored d scriptions of fashionable vices, thri ing accounts of murders, robberi and other crimes, the foibles ai failings of human nature, all tend tho demoralization of the tiste of tl young reader, especially, arid edito should be chary as to the manner which they should be inserted. The country has parjed through terrible conflict, but peace has be restored, and a great responsibili now rests upon the newspapers both sections. Their first mission to exorcist! their influence in heali the breach, in restoring to the extc of that influence harmony among c whole people, in co-operating in eve measure intended to give a lasti i wee to the United States and th people, ia putting down fanaticism wherever found, and in binding together all the great interests of the country, so that she may attain even a higher degree of prosperity than she lnyt ever yet enjoyed. We be? lieve this to be hor destiny if her people are true to themselves and the efforts of the press aro used, not to engender strife, resurrect old preju? dices and revive past issues, but to the development of her vast re? sources and the constant inculcation of correct principles in every depart? ment which enters into a properly organized society-social, political and moral. ---?-??-? THE BAGDAD AFFAIR.-The French Ministerin Washington, has applied to ,the State Department for information regarding the recent capture from thc imperialists of Bagdad, on the Bio Grande; but, as nothing official re? lating to it has been received, of course he cannot yet bc gratified. General Sheridan lias been instructed from Washington to investigate the affair, and punish any United States soldiers who may have been engaged in rt. Several French officers lately in the service of Maximilian arrived in Washington Monday, on their way back to their own country. They give a highly colored picture of the fine prospects of the Mexican empire. THE NEW FIFTY CENT NOTES.-The new fifty cent note has just been issued by the Printing Bureau of the Treasury departmen t. The new issue is similar to the old one in size, and differs from it only in the substitution of a finely engraved picture of Gen. Spinner in place of ex-Secretary Fessenden, and slight^ iu its typo? graphical appe: rance. It is the de? sire of tho Department to ?rilli in all old notes of tho denomination men? tioned in order to redeem the genuine and destroy the immense amount ol counterfeit fifty cent fractional cur? rency. -< ^ ? ? WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS.-Thc National InteUitjencer says that Mr. Latrobe had an interview with Presi dent Johnson last week, in which, speaking of tho negroes, the Presi dent declared that, whatever might be his convictions in regard to negrc suffrage in the District of Columbii and Tennessee, he was firmly oppos?e to forcing such suffrage upon tin States by national legislation. Tin distinct impression was left that lu was not friendly to indiscriminate negro suffrage in this District. --- THE "MAN IN GRAY."-The Yanke? giant in "gi*ay> clothes," who paid.' friendly visit to Senator Wade, ii Washington, and who frightened tin Chronicle, man ink) babbling abeu assassination, it has been ascertainei was a man named Flemming, origi nally from Kansas, and during th last three years employed in tho Nav; Yard at Brooklyn and Charlestown Muss. The Republican says of th subsequent movements of the Chrom de's buckram hero : It appears that the huge '-man ii gray," who assaulted Senator Wade in his own room, Wednesday noon of last week, went immediately af te to the quarters of Senator Wilson and requested that gentleman to gh? inni (the "man in gray") a' letter < recommendation to the Secretary c the Navy, remarking at the time, " have just been to seo Senator Wad? and he treated me like h-1." Thi shows that the reported attempt t assassinate Senator Wade was a bosh. SFEAKEU COLFAX FAVORS THE AI MISSION OF THE TENNESSEE MEMBER The Nashville Bonner of the I?t makes the following important ai nouncemeut : "We understand, from authoril which wc regard as perfectly rcliabl that Governor Brownlow received letter on yesterday from the Hoi Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of tl House of Ilcpresentatives, in refe ence to tho admission of the Tenne seo delegation. In this epistle M Colfax declares that he is for tl ! admission of our representatives r the ground that tho State was orga ! ized during the war and before tl close of hostilities, and also beean it was thc first State restored. B this is an individual expression. M Colfax cannot vouch for the part which may fail to sustain him in li opinion." Tho steamer Palestine, the consc of tho Canada, which sailed fro Liverpool for Boston at tho sar time with that steamer, has becu o nearly four weeks. There are i*ppi hensions she may lie lost. , -?-??-? The French are very anxious resume their trade with the Unit .States. Abandoning the Country. The Mobile Trihune, in comment? ing on a communication in its co? lumns in favor of emigration to Bra? zil, coincides with tho views Ave expressed yesterday on the samo sub? ject, iu the following eloquent and just remarks: "Thc soil which ono has trod and considered his own inheritance, and that of his children, they would not abandon, unless they were moved by some hope of bettering their condi? tion. Let thorn, try it, if they idease, but wo tell them that their hearts will remain here, no matter how far they go. Their eyes will turn hitherward, and the farther they go, the stronger will be their passion to return. It is human nature, and one of the most respectable traits of it. The stories of the Swiss, who is so noted for ad? venture, and for the desire to see new countries, and to fight .for any cause, are, in some measure, strong proof of the power of this passion. The music of his native airs makes him sick at heart; and there arc nu? merous well-attested proofs.that he has died from the* disease which tho ancient Greeks found a word for: that is nostalgia-evidence that, in old Greece, men were killed by home? sickness-love of thc soil whereon they were reared. To come back to a prosaic style, we do not believe that things are as bad as they seem to those who are dis? posed to run away. We think that the industry that will make a man prosperous in Brazil will make him prosperous here. Here he is known. There he is a stranger. Here he has around him men who know and sym? pathize with him. There he will have around him men and customs that he is unacquainted with. Here he can find sympathy. How can he find it there among strangers, who cannot bc expected to have any regard for him? Here he has a foothold. There he has none. If he start with $10,000 in gold, he must expect to spend every dollar of it before ho can gather thc reward of his toil. Here the 810,000, well managed, would make him rich enough to provide succor for his old age and educate his children. In short, he had better stay where he is, and work up to the peace and comfort which, with well-directed labor, will bc secured after awhile; but, above this,*we believe that it is his duty to stay and take whatsoever fate may be in reserve for our un? happy people. He has no moral right to desert. His skill and thrift may help to secure not only the happiness but the liberty of our people and his people. We know that there have been temptations offered to those men of thrift and energy whom the war has impoverished. Wc had a talk a few days agc with one of our Confederate Major-Generals, to whom was offered a tempting inducement to go to Mexico. He would have accepted it instantly, if the condition precedent had not rerpiired that he .should re? linquish the right of citizenship in tho State where ho wits born. He could not make the sacrifice, and, like a true soldier and gentleman JUS lue is, he preferred to extort a living from the soil of his own country. HENRY. WARD BEECHER.-Dill any of our read3rs ever see Henry Ward Beecher: Brrrl-y, fat and vulgar. Be? hold what the fancy of one of the strong-minded can make of him: Some of Henry Ward Beecher's parishioners are susceptible and carry their admiration of the Kev. Beecher to au excess. Of this number would seem to bo Miss Angust? Moore, an enthusiastic youang woman, who has occasionally appeared in print, and who has now succeeded in getting tho Harpers to publish a book of hers called Notes from Plymouth Pulpit. In this book Miss Moore, alluding to the idol of her. heart (where is Mrs. Beecher?) talks of his "glowing eyes," "soul-lit face," and "royal brow." She declares that his body is as clastic as a rubber ball (where did she find out that?) and has diverse aspects "like tho mountains," a "voice like a trumpet," "fairy harp strings," or "a chime of bells," nn "expression like tho angels' faces we have seen in dreams," his forehead "like a sun-touched mountain," and "his aspect altogether noble, beauti? ful, serene." Mr. Beecher may well pray to be delivered from such stuil* as this. A FISHING COMPANY.-A company has been formed in New York with a view of opening a fish and oyster trade with Florida. Vessels have been bought for this purpose, and men skilled in all the details of the business have been engaged. Tho Indian River, the pioneer steamer of thc linc, has already reached Florida, and will soon bo despatched North with a cargo. The oysters are to be opened by a steam apparatus. The biking of fish and turtle will also con? stitute a portion of the business. Thc receipts of internal revenue from Mobile and New Orleans have been very heavy of late, and from South Cirolina and Georgia tho re? turns have alscrbecn handsome. Tho more cotton the South is found to possess, thc more will the collers of Uncle Sam's strong box IK; found to swell. i THE DESTRUCTrvES SNUBBED.-Tho appeal of two eminent lawyers of tho South, against the application of tho test-oath iu tho Supremo Court, has proved already a practical triumph. In anticipation of direct defeat by the verdict of that high tribunal, tho Black Republicans have attempted to flank tho movement by removing the test in the case of lawyers practicing before the Federal Judges. Mr. Ste? vens himself, leading off in that adroit, but rather late manouvre, the House of Representatives has actually sustained a resolution for the repeal of the test-oath so far as it applies to lawyers. To taking time, in this way, j by the forelock, as the Republicans have done, they yet have not. saved themselves, in effect, from the rebuke of their virtual confession of tho ad? verse decision of the Supreme Court. But we trust, as the road to the de? feat of the test-oath has now been pointed out plainly, that all the par? ies who sn flor under the disability of that oath, will appeal from it at once to the Supreme Court. Several agents of tho Treasury at the South are re? fused payment of their-salaries be? cause of their inability to submit to that abominable test; and we hope that they will at once appeal against it by putting forward one or two of their numbers, to resist it in the form of suits for payment, before the Fede ral courts.-New York News. THE NEGRO IK THE WAT OF COLO? RADO.-Colorado has applied to Con? gress for admission into the Union as a sovereign State. Some negroes petitioned the Senate recently "for? bidding tho banns" in that ease until the Constitution of Colorado shall have been so modified as to have leveled expressly all distinctions of race and color. The people of the territory have, however, not seen proper to declare, in their fundamen? tal law, that the black man is as good as the white, if not very much better; and we shall not be at all surprised that their application for admission into the Union shall be resisted on that ground. The extravagant vio? lence of the Sumners and the Ste? vens' and the Kellys may refuse Colo? rado admission until her Constitution shall, at all events, guarantee the right of suffrage to the blacks, and in even that case will have but repeated, in a milder form, the revolutionary spirit in which they deal with the representatives of the State's of the South.-New York Nar*. INTERESTING TO CHESS-PLAYERS, j The New Orleans Slur, of the 14th, in its chess - column gives us the fol- j lowing: "Mr. Earnest Morphy. formerly of ! thiseity, and now of Quincy, Illinois, is now on a visit to New Orleans. Wo understand that although of late years | Mr. M. has almost entirely abandon ed thc practice of chess, he still rc- j tains his old fondness for it, and has given a good deal of his attention t-> j the theory of Lue game. We are in formed that the results of his labor j will soon be given to the world in the ! shape of a book on the openings, j which will contain a complete analysis I of the (lebitls, including all the latest | discoveries in that, important branch i of the science of chess. One peru- I harity of this work will be the system ! of arrangement adopted "ny the author, by which he has been able to com- j press a complete course of lessons within a singularly small space. The j leading gaines will be shorn of the I greater portion of their formidable | cortege of variations, so repulsive! to ? the student, and which so unneeessa- | ri ly swell most (?hess books to incom- j mochous proportions." CONFISCATED COMMUNION PLATE.- i Rev. C. C. Pinckney, ol' Charleston, South Carolina, writes that at the capture of Columbia by Sherman, the communion service ol' his church was carried oft". It had been sent there for safety. Each piece was en? graved "Grace Church, Charleston." The record book, 100 years old, is also lost, and was "last seen going North." Jle asks that friends who hear of them may notify him. The communion plate of St. Michael's, Charleston, the gift of Queen Anne, and that of Trinity Church, Co? lumbia, was also captured, or else was destroyed in the fin; on that occasion. [ Boston Traveler. A RICH BALK OF COTTON.-Many cotton bales arriving in New York | have to be overhauled, dirt and stained cotton thrown out, and then rebaled. The other day, two laborers, in the discharge of this duty, found, in one of the bales, $27,000 in gold. Ono of them proposed to the other to divide and koop mum, but the other said he would report to the "boss." The purchaser of the cotton claimed the gold, and the seller claimed it, be? cause the cotton was not delivered, and for other reasons; and probably the court will decide to whom this S rich mine belongs. The purchaser ! gave the two laborers $400 each in greenbacks. Tho Washington correspondent of tho Philadelphia Ledger states that contributions from abroad and from importers in New York are flowing freely into tha treasury of the Free Trade League. It is stated, on good authority, that August Belmont .sent to it last week his check for ?50,000. \ It is said that some revelations, ! which have just come to light in re gard to cotton frauds at the South, implicate! high military and civil officials, and pre'semt me>st. astounding j eliscleisures. Kore lg? \< \vs. Tho steamer Asia, with Liverpool dates to the Otb (evening) and Queenstown, has an ?ved. Thc London Timex refers tn the satisfac? tory aspect of European affairs, and trusts i tho prospects of a lasting peace will have some effect on the military administration of tho European powers, and that there will be some alleviation of those burdens Which everywhere weigh so heavily. The cattle disease is again increasing. Sir John Gray, editor of the Dublin I Freinai a, has boen appointed trish Lord of the Treasury, in tho room of Colonel White, who was defeated at Kidderminster at the general election. The Hight Hon. E. Cardwell,,Colonial Secretary, had been making a speech at Oxford. IL- stated that in his character as member for. Oxford he had no doubt Par? liamentary reform would be one of the most important measures of next session, and expressed the opinion that there never was a Parliament better calculated than the present one in its composition to give to that great subject a fair and comprehen? sivo hearing. Alluding to tb?: atlairs of Jamaica, he said the temporary interrup? tion of Governor Lyre's command was not intended as a stigma; but it was essential that all the powers of the Crown should bc centred in one person, in order that thc inquiry might be efficient, lb; bold it to bo the duty of every man, with the fair? ness of an Englishman, lo avoid all pre? judgment of the result of thc inquiry. Thc Manchester (.'uardian says: '.Several American men-of-war art' now lying in lin' harbor of Nice, lt is observed that thc officers sedulously avoid mixing with Englishmen and Frenchmen, and that tin y only associate with thc members of the Russian Colony there." The Aniei ?can ship Guy Mannering, Capt. Bourne, 1,600 tons register, bound from New York to Liverpool, previously re? ported safe at Obon, is now learned to be a total wreck near Jona. Seventeen of the crew were 'drowned, and the captain is missing. A report having reached Barcelona that there was a "tendency to epidemic diar? rhea" among the people of London, thc authorities have forbidden English vessels to land passengers without quarantine, either al Barcelona or at any other place within twenty leagues. The British Minis? ter has, it is said, sent a strong remon? strance to the Spauish Government. Tiie British revenue for the year 18C5 amounted to ?60,1'J6,478, which is within a ?1,000,000 of the receipts in 1864, notwith? standing thc fact that Sir. Gladstone's bud? get remitted taxation to the amount of ?5,000,000 sterling in thc financial year. lt is semi-officially announced that thc Order of the (tarter is about to be conferred on King Leopold II, of Belgium; that Sir Robert Peel is tobo made a Grand Cross of the Bath, and that Mr. Edward Butler, M. I'., is Lo be included in thc lists, of new baronets. Miss Longworth -Mrs. Yelverton has become tho-lerror of the newspapers. She has now actions on foot against titree of them the Siilurilii/ lieoiew, (new trial,) North Urilish Daily Moil and thc 1'all Mall (i. Urti e. 'I'b:- Tiinis' Paris correspondent says a discovery has been made at Toulon, where the iron-plated frigate Provence is under? going repairs, which shows tho danger that menaces the entire iron-coated licet of France. The Provence was titted out for sea only fifteen months since, and already a great number of her plates arc nearly consumed with rust. The director of naval architecture is of opinion that if a composition be not discovered to prevent the action ol' rust, thc iron-plated fleet must l>e renewed every live years. Thc iron-plated frigate Revanche, thirty-four guns, has been launched at Toulon. Fcnianism seems, at length, to have taken up its quarters in London; for two East End shoemakers have been brought up at. foe Thames Police Court, on the charge (d' endeavoring to persuade a car? bineer to become a fenian soldier. They were also charged with having sonic arms anil ammunition in their possession, of which they did not give a satisfj>',t'?ry ac? count. Thc court was Idled with Irishmen, who listened to tin; proceedings with pro? found attention. At the reception of thc Diplomatic Body by tin; French Emperor, on New Year's Day, thc Papal mnucio expressed the com? pliments of his colleagues to his Majesty. Tin Emperor replied as follows: "Every year at this period we make a retrospect of the -.last anti loo!; towards thc future, and wc shall b?; happy if we can, as at present, Congratulate ourselves upon having avoid? ed dangers, removed apprehensions and strengthened the bonds which unite nations and kings, and happy, above all, if tho ex? perience of accomplished events enables us to augur a long clay ol' peace and prosperi? ty for tho world." '?'?ie Emperor, in con? clusion, thanked the Diplomati?; Body for their gooil wishes and congratulations. INTERESTING TO BANKERS.-DI reply to n letter, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue says: Your letter is at hand in which you state that when our national banks were . establishing they purchased bonds at a premium, and in making up their dividends and surplus they deduct such premiums paid as being a part of the expenses of the busi? ness; and von inquire if this is cor? rect. I reply that such a deduction is cinarly erroneous, as the payment of premiums in bonds cannot be con? sidered either a loss or an expense to the bank, but an investment of its earnings. You will please notify the banks that the amounts of their profits, expended in paying premi? ums, should be included in taxable gains. . --,? DBEADFCI STATE OF THINGS AT THE NORTH.-The Hon. Henry Wilson and thc Hon. Secretary of War great sticklers for the theoretical liberty of thc press and of opinion are ready to punish every one within their power, whose opinion does not accord with their own; hence the l\aiional Intelligencer and the Constitu? tional Un im are deprived of Govern? ment advertisements because they dare to freely discuss questions of State, and arrive at conclusions different from those reached by Henry Wilson and '\iwin M. Stanton! This is the free discussion theso votaries of liberty sustain! This is the liberty they tolerate, the liberty to bow to their will and submit to a mental servitude more debasing than ever "Southern Code" imposed upon thc African race! How long will the country endure such hypocrisy, such presumption?-Boston l'<>*t, Mit h. A proposition has been made in the North Carolina Senat?; to build a penitentiary. Advertisements, to insure insertion, should bo handed in br 4 o'clock p. m. CASU.-Our term? "for subscription, ad? vertising and joh work arc cash. Wo hopi: all parties will bear this in mind. "THE Conr.."-Tho Acts passed by Ibu Legislature relative to the freedmen, fur salo at this outee. Trice 20 cents; by nuil 25 cents. AOENTS FOR mr. PHOENIX. Thomas P. Slider, Esq., of Charleston, and ll. L. Dari , Esq., of Sumter, aro thc authorized agents of tho Phmiix, iii those section* of the State. MAU. ARRANGEMENTS.- Thc post oflice ia open daily bum 9 a. m. to '2 p. ni. and from 5 to G p. m. Thc Northern mail is closed at 'J p. m.; Greenville "J p. m.; tjoutli Carolina Railroad mails G p. m. The; attention of stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad Company and South-western Railroad Rank in invited to a notice with refere-nce1 to proxies, e tc., published Ibis morning. Tnt BURNING OF COLUMBIA.- An inter? esting account ot the "Sack and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has just, been issued, in pamphlet form, from tho I'luenix utrani power pVess. Orders can be filled to any extent. Robert Bryce, Escj., bus resumed bis for? mer business, and will be pleased to s*u his old friends. Mr. B. ban been so "tong and favorably known throughout the en- . tire State, that tho simple announcement of his resumption of business will be suf? ficient, ws- verily believe, to keep him con? stantly engaged. NEW SHOE STOKE.-The attention of all interested is directed to tho advertise? ment of Mr. Rich. Finnigan. His experi? ence and hu fair dealing for many years in this city should commend him as ono who will do justice- to all who patronize him . He has a well selected stock, and is amply prepared to execute all work that may bo ordered from him. THE RICHMOND MEDICAL JOURNAL. -This is a new periodical, the January nund>erof winch bas Loon handcel to ns by a friend. It is edited hy Hrs. E. S. Gaillard and \V. I S. McChesney, anel must bec .ne a valua? bles acquisition to tho perioelical literature of tho South. Dr. Gaillarel is a South Carolinian by birth, and, wo are informed, is very competent for thu important peti? tion he has assumed. Terms ?5 per annum in advance. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention in call? ed to tho following advertisements, which aro published thi? morning for th? first time: S. C. R. lt. Co- A S.W. H. R. Bank, Proxies. W. B. Stanley-Baltimeire Stoneware. Robert Bryce-Groceries, Hardware, etc. J. W. Stokes-Bank of Hamburg, S. C. Robert Nc Dougal-Brass and Copper. Dial A Pope- Hubs, Spokes, etc. Richard Caldwell-Bacon Strips. John Stork- -Philadelphia Lager Beor. Hauaban A Warley-Rank Bills Wanted. G. A. Pink -Cotton Sated. American Hay anel Cotton Pr?>ss Co. Richard Flamgan-New Shoe Store. IC. A G. 1>. H^pe -S?ed Potatoeis. M " -Seed Oats. '' -Garden S?>eds. P. Cantwell-Rice Flour. PRENTICE CAUGHT?-Why doesn't lie, (tho editor elf the Democrat^) if he, in his great ambition, wishes to hold the highest possible place in the world, black his face anel (a white man anel a talenteel one as we confess him to he) pass himself for a nigger as black ?us a thousanel devils? [Louisville Journal. It wouldn't elo. Every other man we met would be saying, "How are yeiu, Prentice?"--Louisville Democrat. INTENDED VISIT OF THE EMPRESS. - A late Paris letter says: "Tho Em? press told a lady at the last soireo that she outertaineel last summer a serious idea eif making a trip to Ame? rica, but that sim was prevented by various circumstances, until finally the appearance of the cholera in Paris caused her to abandon it iuelefi nitely." The Columoian Marine Insurance Company, of New York, has an? nounced the winding up of its busi? ness. The liabilities amount to &6, 000,000; 81,000,000 was lost by the depredations of the Shenandoah. The directeirs repent a sufficient amount of assets to meet the liabilities. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEILTS.-Tho receipts from internal revenue,, last week, amounted to $4,092,705.22, of which $552,765.25 was received on Saturday. Agate, the usually well-informed corresponelent of the Cincinnati Ga? zelle, says there is little eloubt that Mr. Stinton will leave the Cabinet on the first of February. The Vicksburg Herald strongly urges tlie re-assembling e>f the Con? vention of the Staten of Mississippi, and there are indications that Judge Yerger, its President, favors it. Napoleon, at his New Year's elay reception of the diplomatic body, ?!xpresseel the hope that 1806* we mid be a year of peace. The S tty Law just passed by tho Legislature of Virginia has been se> far modified as to except debts con? tracted ?ince tho close of the war. LITERATURE IN RUSSIA.-A Society for tho circulation of cheap books anel useful knowledge has liecn formed at St. Petersbnrgh. . The steamer Meteor, which " from New York, on the 2HV1 was seized as an abegoel Chi I vateer.